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And if Gen'ral Pike objects to being dragged into all this foolishness, he shouldn't have been writing anti-Catholic conspiracy theory when he was alive.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008
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In honor of the "workshopping" Gen'ral, the Rude Pundit offers another installment in his ongoing Christ Weary series:
Jesus' General Rude One 2006
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Gen'ral Grant is a-busting his gut with his booze,
Marching on 1959
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Barton fit in the war, yer see, an 'I' spect Gen'ral Grant took a powerful shine to him.
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KING created me a member of his own P.C. And then "the active life" for me, as Galloper to "Gen'ral" C., the loyal Ulsterman, to free from acts of Irish devilry.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 Various
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British almost on their heels, but Gen'ral Lee and his men?
Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910
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So he speaks up as haughty as the Gen'ral had done, and says he:
Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910
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Gen'ral Lee that swore and not Gen'ral Washington!
Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life, 1910
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"De Gen'ral done gib out er procl'mation, Miss Jinny," he cried.
The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Gen'ral done say in dat procl'mation dat he ain't got no control ober de
The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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